Highest-Rated Movies about 'Mexico City', Sort by Popularity

Five Days Without Nora (2008), U2 3D (2007), The Young and the Damned (1950), Roma (2018), Man on Fire (2004), Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974), Midnight Family (2019), Spectre (2015) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Mexico City movies.

#3. The Young and the Damned (1950)

Storyline: Hell-bent on revenge, the cocky reform-school runaway, El Jaibo, returns to his old neighbourhood in post-World-War-II Mexico City's poor and squalid slums, to reunite with his faithful gang of juvenile delinquents and street urchins. However, as the dangerous ringleader lives and breathes retribution, his destructive obsession to find the informant who supposedly sent him to jail will intricately interweave his bitter fate with that of Pedro, his weak and unwitting accessory, in a despicable act of pure evil. In the end, are humans inherently good or bad--and above all--is immorality contingent with society?

Plot Keywords: child, leader, mother, gang member, juvenile delinquents, gritty, bleak ...

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#4. Roma (2018)

Storyline: Cleo is one of two domestic workers who help Antonio and Sofía take care of their four children in 1970s Mexico City. Complications soon arise when Antonio suddenly runs away with his mistress and Cleo finds out that she's pregnant. When Sofía decides to take the kids on vacation, she invites Cleo for a much-needed getaway to clear her mind and bond with the family.

Plot Keywords: maid, nanny, wife, husband, child, lover, emotional ...

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#5. Man on Fire (2004)

Storyline: Hard drinking, burnt out ex CIA operative John Creasy has given up on life until he's hired as a bodyguard to protect nine year old Pita Ramos. Bit by bit, Creasy begins to reclaim some of his soul, but when pita is kidnapped, Creasy's fiery rage is finally released and he will stop at nothing to save her as he sets out on a dangerous, revenge fuelled rescue mission.

Plot Keywords: bodyguard, colleague, businesswoman, daughter, mother, kidnapper, gutsy ...

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#6. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)

Storyline: In Mexico, the wealthy father of a pregnant young woman offers $1million for the head of the man who impregnated her. A pair of bounty hunters meet a local piano man in their search. The piano player does a little investigating, and finds out that his girlfriend knows of Garcia's death and where his body is. Thinking he can make easy money, they set off on this goal, but instead, the trip brings untold misery.—Tad Dibbern <DIBBERN_D@a1.mscf.upenn.edu>

Plot Keywords: mob boss, bounty hunter, bar owner, prostitute, biker, american, raw ...

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#7. Midnight Family (2019)

Storyline: In Mexico City's wealthiest neighborhoods, the Ochoa family runs a for-profit ambulance, competing with other unlicensed EMTs for patients in need of urgent care. In this cutthroat industry, they struggle to keep their financial needs from compromising the people in their care.

Plot Keywords: patient, ambulance driver, family, bleak, disturbing, gripping, intense ...

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#8. Spectre (2015)

Storyline: A cryptic message from the past sends James Bond (Daniel Craig) on a rogue mission to Mexico City and eventually Rome, where he meets Lucia Sciarra (Monica Belluci), the beautiful and forbidden widow of an infamous criminal. Bond infiltrates a secret meeting and uncovers the existence of the sinister organisation known as S.P.E.C.T.R.E. Meanwhile, back in London, Max Denbigh (Andrew Scott), the new head of the Centre of National Security, questions Bond's actions and challenges the relevance of MI6, led by M (Ralph Fiennes). Bond covertly enlists Miss Eve Moneypenny (Naomie Harris) and Q (Ben Whishaw) to help him seek out Dr. Madeleine Swann (Léa Seydoux), the daughter of his old nemesis Mr. White (Jesper Christensen), who may hold the clue to untangling the web of S.P.E.C.T.R.E. As the daughter of the assassin, she understands Bond in a way most others cannot. As Bond ventures towards the heart of S.P.E.C.T.R.E., he learns a chilling connection between him and the enemy he seeks.

Plot Keywords: james bond, widow, criminal, daughter, boss, secret agent, charming ...

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#9. Mexico City (2000)

Storyline: While stuck in Mexico City during a flight layover, American siblings Mitch (Stacy Edwards) and Sam (Johnny Zander) plan to hit the town and see the sights. But, the next morning, Sam is missing. Mitch doesn't make her flight and instead searches for her brother. She goes to the U.S. embassy for help, but receives none. Mitch has to go it alone searching for Sam, and as her quest continues finds herself becoming embroiled in the seedy world of drug dealers and corrupt government officials.

Plot Keywords: brother, sister, ambassador, police officer, taxi driver, drug dealer, thrilling ...

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#10. The Matador (2005)

Storyline: A chance encounter between a travelling salesman and a lonely hitman triggers a strangely profound relationship which provokes each to act in ways neither would have imagined possible. Fate steps in to form a friendship between two men from irreconcilable worlds that will alter the lives of both forever.

Plot Keywords: salesman, hit man, wife, crime boss, cheeky, quirky, thrilling ...

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#12. Viva Villa! (1934)

Storyline: In this fictionalized biography, young Pancho Villa takes to the hills after killing an overseer in revenge for his father's death. In 1910, he befriends American reporter Johnny Sykes. Then a meeting with visionary Francisco Madero transforms Villa from an avenging bandit to a revolutionary general. To the tune of 'La Cucaracha,' his armies sweep Mexico. After victory, Villa's bandit-like disregard for human life forces Madero to exile him. But Madero's fall brings Villa back to raise the people against a new tyrant...—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>

Plot Keywords: bandit, overseer, reporter, politician, revolutionary, sister, brutal ...

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#13. The Brave Bulls (1951)

Storyline: Bullfighter Luis Bello (Mel Ferrer) is a star, but fear and doubt strike quickly after he is injured in the ring. Manager Raul Fuentes (Anthony Quinn) refuses to let him give up, though, pushing Luis to overcome his doubt and remain a matador. Luis agrees, but complications ensue when he falls for Raul's girlfriend, Linda (Miroslava). Things get even worse after a tragic accident and a public embarrassment. Now, to salvage his dignity, Luis needs one last shot in the ring.

Plot Keywords: matador, manager, brother, girlfriend, tense, moving, profound ...

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#14. A Life in the Balance (1955)

Storyline: Antonio Gomez, a nearly down-and-out musician, is a widower with a young boy, Paco. Fighting to support his boy in the face of unemployment and neighbors who want custody of his son (something that here in Mexico City they might just obtain), Gomez argues with an ex-girlfriend over money she owes him. After he leaves, the girlfriend is murdered by the religious-fanatic serial killer terrorizing the city. When neighbors report the argument Gomez had with the dead girl, the police presume they are finally on the hot trail of the serial killer, and Gomez is their target. Gomez goes out to a pawnshop to buy his son a long-dreamed-of guitar and there meets a young woman with whom he goes looking for his son. What Gomez does not realize is that a police dragnet is closing in on him and that his boy Paco actually witnessed this most recent murder and has been trailing the killer. It's not long, though, before the killer is trailing the boy.—Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>

Plot Keywords: musician, ex-girlfriend, serial killer, beautiful woman, son, police officer, dark ...

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#15. Honeymoon (1947)

Storyline: Pretty but scatterbrained Barbara Olmstead arrives in Mexico City to marry her soldier fiance, learns he's been delayed, and runs off to find a place to stay. Meanwhile, fiance Phil arrives after all, just misses Barbara, and goes off in quest of her. As further complications ensue, American consul David Flanner (who has an impatient fiancee of his own) is caught in the middle and driven nearly frantic...—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>

Plot Keywords: teen girl, corporal, consul, fiancée, doctor, judge, lighthearted ...

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